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Some languages use both orders, and the difference is more of a stylistic choice.
by dsego 5y ago
Some languages use both orders, and the difference is more of a stylistic choice.
- claudiawerner 5y agoLatin has an extremely flexible word order (some of which Old English had too) which allows all kinds of fun stuff for style and communicating status/education. Japanese with its particle system also allows some good flexibility.
- javier10e6 5y agoIndeed, in Spanish we say "lava la ropa" do the laundry. I am pretty sure that is what my brain wants, action object. Once in object-oriented training I was told that In Cantonese the person does not act on objects but the objects act on themselves: "The deck of cards shuffles itself"